EP3974687A1 - Dispositif d'étanchéité - Google Patents
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- EP3974687A1 EP3974687A1 EP20809739.4A EP20809739A EP3974687A1 EP 3974687 A1 EP3974687 A1 EP 3974687A1 EP 20809739 A EP20809739 A EP 20809739A EP 3974687 A1 EP3974687 A1 EP 3974687A1
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- side lip
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
- F16J15/32—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings
- F16J15/3204—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip
- F16J15/3232—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with at least one lip having two or more lips
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
- F16J15/32—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings
- F16J15/324—Arrangements for lubrication or cooling of the sealing itself
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
- F16J15/32—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings
- F16J15/3244—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings with hydrodynamic pumping action
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
- F16J15/32—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings
- F16J15/3248—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports
- F16J15/3252—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with elastic sealings, e.g. O-rings provided with casings or supports with rigid casings or supports
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- F16J—PISTONS; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS
- F16J15/00—Sealings
- F16J15/16—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces
- F16J15/34—Sealings between relatively-moving surfaces with slip-ring pressed against a more or less radial face on one member
- F16J15/3436—Pressing means
- F16J15/3456—Pressing means without external means for pressing the ring against the face, e.g. slip-ring with a resilient lip
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- the present disclosure relates to a sealing device that has a side lip.
- a sealing device that configured to seal an annular gap between a shaft and a housing that rotate relative to each other is known.
- a sealing device that is used in a differential device, hub bearing, transmission and the like, a technique is known, in which a side lip is provided which is capable of sliding on an end face of an annular member fixed to a shaft, in addition to a seal lip that is capable of sliding on the shaft.
- a sealing device according to a conventional example is described with reference to Fig. 4.
- Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a sealing device according to a conventional example.
- a sealing device 800 according to a conventional example is provided with a seal lip 810 and a dust lip 820 which are capable of sliding on a shaft, and a side lip 830 capable of sliding on an end face of an annular member fixed to the shaft.
- the side lip 830 is configured to prevent dust or mud water from entering into the device.
- Lubricant greye
- the lubricant becomes depleted over time, whereby wear on the side lip 830 may be accelerated and noise may be generated.
- An object of the present disclosure is to provide a sealing device capable of suppressing depletion of lubricant.
- the present disclosure adopts following means to achieve the object noted above.
- the sealing device of the present disclosure is a sealing device configured to seal an annular gap between a shaft and a housing that rotate relative to each other, the sealing device including:
- the side lip is provided with a plurality of annular grooves on the sliding surface, so that the side lip can retain lubricant in the plurality of annular grooves.
- the lubricant is allowed to move between the annular grooves, because the parts that form annular protrusions between adjacent ones of these annular grooves all protrude most at the center in the width direction, the amount of protrusion gradually decreasing with increasing separation from the center. Therefore, depletion of lubricant in some of the annular grooves can be suppressed.
- the parts that form annular protrusions between adjacent ones of the annular grooves are all symmetric in shape with respect to the center in the width direction, so that imbalance in the directions of movement can be minimized when the lubricant moves between the annular grooves.
- This configuration can prevent depletion of lubricant in some of the annular grooves even more reliably.
- a tip portion of the sliding surface of the side lip on the distal side of a region provided with the plurality of annular grooves is configured to make a planar contact with an end face of the annular member. Therefore, entrance of mud water or the like into this contacting part is inhibited, and lubricant is prevented from flowing out.
- the sliding surface of the side lip is formed by a conical surface.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional diagram of the sealing device.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a cross section of the sealing device cut along a plane containing the center axis line of the sealing device.
- Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the sealing structure.
- Fig. 2 illustrates a cross section of the sealing device and others cut along a plane containing the center axis line of the sealing device and the shaft.
- Fig. 3 is an illustrative diagram of a side lip according to the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the sealing structure is described with reference, in particular, to Fig. 2 .
- the sealing structure is configured by a shaft 500 and a housing 600 that rotate relative to each other, and the sealing device 10 that seals an annular gap between the shaft 500 and the housing 600.
- the sealing device 10 separates the annular gap between the shaft 500 and the housing 600, so that the sealed fluid such as oil on the sealed side (O) is prevented from leaking to the outside (A), and dust or mud water is prevented from entering from the outside (A) into the sealed side (O).
- An annular member 700 that rotates with the shaft 500 is fixed to the shaft 500.
- the sealing device (sealing structure) according to this embodiment is applied to a differential device, the annular member 700 corresponds to a deflector.
- the sealing device 10 includes a first component 100 and a second component 200.
- the first component 100 is formed of a first reinforcing ring 110 made of metal or the like, and a seal main body 120 made of an elastic material such as rubber and formed integrally with the first reinforcing ring 110.
- the first reinforcing ring 110 includes a cylindrical part 111 fitted and fixed to an inner circumferential surface of a shaft hole 610 of the housing 600, and a body part 112 extending from one end of the cylindrical part 111 radially inward.
- the seal main body 120 is integrally provided to the radially inner side of the body part 112.
- the seal main body 120 integrally includes a seal lip (main lip) 121 and a dust lip 122.
- the seal lip 121 extends from near the distal end of the body part 112 of the reinforcing ring 110 radially inward and toward the sealed side (O), and is capable of sliding on the shaft 500.
- a garter spring 130 is mounted on the radially outer side of the seal lip 121 to press the seal lip 121 radially inward.
- the dust lip 122 extends from near the distal end of the body part 112 of the reinforcing ring 110 radially inward and toward the opposite side (toward the outside (A)) from the sealed side (O) and is capable of sliding on the shaft 500.
- the dust lip 122 mainly serves the function of preventing dust or mud water from entering into the seal lip 121 side.
- the second component 200 is formed of a second reinforcing ring 210 made of metal or the like, and a side lip 220 made of an elastic material such as rubber and formed integrally with the second reinforcing ring 210.
- the second reinforcing ring 210 includes a cylindrical part 211 fitted to an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical part 111 of the first reinforcing ring 110, and an inward flange part 212 extending from one end of the cylindrical part 211 radially inward.
- the side lip 220 is integrally provided near the distal end on the radially inner side of the inward flange part 212.
- the side lip 220 extends from near the distal end of the inward flange part 212 radially outward and toward the opposite side (toward the outside (A)) from the sealed side (O) and is capable of sliding on an end face 710 of the annular member 700.
- the side lip 220 serves the function of preventing dust or mud water from entering into the device (sealed side O).
- Lubricant (grease) G is applied on the sliding surface of the side lip 220. This effectively inhibits entrance of dust or mud water into the device.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a cross-sectional view V1 in a larger scale of an encircled part of the drawing (part near the distal end of the side lip 220).
- Fig. 3 illustrates an enlarged cross-sectional view of the side lip 220 in a state where the side lip 220 is in contact with the end face 710 of the annular member 700, and a diagram of relationship between the contact position and the contact surface pressure of the side lip 220 relative to the end face 710.
- Fig. 3 also illustrates a cross-sectional view V2 in an even larger scale of the contacting part between the side lip 220 and the end face 710, and an enlarged view V3 of the diagram of the contact surface pressure.
- the sliding surface of the side lip 220 is provided with a plurality of annular grooves 222 adjacent each other at a position away from the distal end of the side lip 220.
- the parts that form annular protrusions 223 between adjacent ones of the annular grooves 222 all protrude most at the center in the width direction, the protruding amount gradually decreasing away from the center. Both sides of the center in the width direction are symmetric in shape (see the enlarged view V2 in Fig. 3 ).
- the cross section of the annular protrusion 223 (cross section cut along a plane containing the center axis line of the sealing device 10) has a circular arc outer shape in this embodiment, the cross section of the annular protrusion may have a triangular outer shape, or an oval-circular outer shape.
- a tip portion 221 of the sliding surface of the side lip 220 on the distal side of the region, which is provided with the plurality of annular grooves 222, is configured to make a planar contact with the end face 710 of the annular member 700.
- the part of the sliding surface of the side lip 220 except for the region provided with the plurality of annular grooves 222 is formed of a conical surface (commonly known as tapered surface). That is, the tip portion 221 mentioned above, and a portion to be a sliding surface in a region on the proximal side of the side lip 220 with respect to the region where the plurality of annular grooves 222 are provided, are both formed by a conical surface. More specifically, the tip portion 221 and the portion to be the sliding surface in the region on the proximal side of the side lip 220 with respect to the region, which is provided with the plurality of annular grooves 222, are both located on the same imaginary conical surface.
- the tips of all the plurality of annular protrusions 223 are located on the imaginary conical surface.
- the plurality of annular grooves 222 are provided on an inner circumferential surface of the side lip 220 formed of a conical surface (hereinafter referred to as "inner circumferential reference surface") as annular grooves recessed from the inner circumferential reference surface.
- the side lip may have a bent tip (see, for example, PTL 1 mentioned above).
- the inner circumferential reference surface of the side lip 220 may not be formed of a conical surface.
- the inner circumferential reference surface of the side lip in a cross section cut along a plane containing the center axis line may have a smoothly curved shape instead of a straight line as in the case of the conical surface.
- the plurality of annular grooves 222 are formed to be recessed from the inner circumferential reference surface and the tips of the annular protrusions 223 between adjacent ones of the annular grooves 222 are located on the inner circumferential reference surface which is an imaginary conical surface in the above described embodiment
- the tips of the annular protrusions may be located outside, or inside, of the inner circumferential reference surface, which may be an inclined surface rather than a conical surface as mentioned above, while the inner circumferential reference surface is an imaginary conical surface in the embodiment described above.
- the side lip 220 of the sealing device 10 is provided with a plurality of annular grooves 222 on the sliding surface, so that the lubricant can be retained in the plurality of annular grooves 222.
- the lubricant is allowed to move between the annular grooves 222, because the parts that form annular protrusions 223 between adjacent ones of these annular grooves 222 all protrude most at the center in the width direction, the protruding amount gradually decreasing away from the center. Therefore, depletion of lubricant in some of the annular grooves 222 can be prevented.
- the parts that form annular protrusions 223 between adjacent ones of the annular grooves 222 are all symmetric in shape with respect to the center in the width direction as illustrated in V2 of Fig. 3 . This makes the distribution of the contact surface pressure even on the left and right sides of the center where the surface pressure is highest as illustrated in V3 of Fig. 3 . This suppresses imbalance in the directions of movement when the lubricant moves between the annular grooves 222. The details of this will be explained.
- the lubricant moves between the annular grooves 222 during operations that involves rotation of the annular member 700 with the shaft 500 or change in pressure between the side lip 220 and the end face 710 of the annular member 700 because of vibration in the axial direction or the like of the shaft 500.
- the lubricant moves over to the slope with a smaller surface pressure gradient more easily, and moves over to the slope with a larger surface pressure gradient less easily. Consequently, the lubricant will move to a certain direction on the annular protrusions 223, because of which the lubricant may be depleted in some of the annular grooves 222.
- the surface pressure distribution provided by the annular protrusions 223 is even on the left and right sides, so that imbalance in the directions of movement of the lubricant is minimized. Therefore, depletion of lubricant in some of the annular grooves 222 can be prevented even more reliably.
- a tip portion 221 of the sliding surface of the side lip 220 on the distal side of the region where the plurality of annular grooves 222 are provided is configured to make a planar contact with the end face 710 of the annular member 700. Therefore, entrance of mud water or the like into this contacting part is inhibited, and lubricant is prevented from flowing out.
- Depletion of the lubricant can be suppressed by the sealing device 10 according to this embodiment. Since this in turn inhibits wear on the side lip 220, noise generation can be prevented, and the durability of the sealing device 10 can be improved.
- the sealing device of the present disclosure is applicable to various sealing devices having a seal lip and a side lip. Therefore, the present disclosure is applicable also to a sealing device having one reinforcing ring, for example, with a seal main body including the seal lip and the side lip in one piece integrally formed thereto.
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PCT/JP2020/016599 WO2020235270A1 (fr) | 2019-05-20 | 2020-04-15 | Dispositif d'étanchéité |
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EP3974687A1 true EP3974687A1 (fr) | 2022-03-30 |
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